The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-07
ASAHCHy'S STURDY ZOE.
General Master Workman PHwder!ys =
Lecture His Orier--Sec;et Firth ,lic
Rapid Growth.

General Master Workman Pnwder!y's
Lecture on His Order--secret Firth and
Rapid Growth.
''Tbe past, present. anl future o. the
Knights of Labor' was the subject OF {.
lecture delivered by General Master
Workman PowdeIiy to the employees OF
the PENNSYLVANIA and Reading railroad
in Philadelphia on Friday night. lie
had big and appreciative audience.
Prefacing his address Ivy an eloquent
denuuciation Of monopoly ana q passing
reference to the war for tile abolition OF
slavery among the colored :.ca OILY TO
tfaps;er It's Si:,ick;es to millions oi white
men in the liberty loving country, NJ.
Powder applied hinsei: - the subject
proper Of his !ec5nce, and SAD:
THE LECTURE.
"On Thanksgiving eve, IL tie ycac
1863, there WAS bern il Philadelphia al
org .nlzasion destir-ii to ho;d form ti:e
hand OF fellowship to every i4an, which
brushed aside al distlact;ons Of creed,
and In view OF witicii 1t VAS made posi-
ole for tie neancss sweeper t-',;t lll.s ttle
ctT.4l of our streets TO hook up with Eope
90 Il better ard less degsaG.as :n5nse.
'.Ihus was gwen to he void the
h.lis ,.iS OF Lanor. wIGch w@rk~0 s {.
secret org;.r,za IN nDS,l :, DsrE"ber,
1851, when Ill Tie c:sy OF d. II il; i k,.;i
il, secrecy aside aud the kn!4h5 came
fort!l IA Ills iuanbooG and pracial:nea :"
TIE suiiers of ihe earjh 'IaS Ec bei.u Srd
10 Ii body Which took I,1 acc"uuJ OF
creed OF color, but iae; Pledged it>@lt {"
woIa earnestly aur, per,iSt"Driy ior the
coilec:ive and inoiviGual interests OF lis
members.
To-day that o1e&n;zaiion is the
! strongest III rre.eheGshi?, the strongest
III intelligence ID the s:ro. ge>t II nlan-
hood oi ssn. " : >l!'zasluu ever Great (:
beaes;h the Ilur sky OF heaven. We
icvme to orr ra.hs every man, not, Us
t..s peen I'd. frr the dollars or d.mes
| Ills accession may ir:r&, bur 10 ZACH
il;m Tie things IL =:ic sJcs&i systsm t at
need ! remedy s.DG cc~a!o = pur.ic
opjGioa upon tise o1iscys We have SCI
ourselves to attain.
LABoR-SAvINc1 MACHINERY.
9ir. Powde:ly next referred TO the in
PRODUCTION OF l:b,r-S47iug nleo:liuery.
aud III this connection said: "Do | rasl
against labor-S&v,ug m&cAinery?' No.
But say thst a5 present it is not prop
eriy applied, and that We workibgmcn
who shouI :, do not derive the henehys
from its introduction to which labor, as
distinguished from capital, is entitled.
WHAT then, should we DO in this con-
naction? I raise my voice and say,
agitate along the line Of labor; agitlte
until all those who avail Of those ma
cnines now are compelled to realize that
they were not intended solely for them
that they were designed for mankind,
and that mankind should reap the bene-
fits from them.
LEGISLATION AND ININ1IGRATION.
Mr.. Powderly next applied himself to
the legislative work accomplished By the
order since its inception. This, be said,
was greater than any amount of remedial
legislation for the working classes that
was passed by either OF the political par
ties IN the same period of their early ex-
istence.
Tie question OF foreign labor was
alluded to, and in reference thereto the
lecturer said he was not opposed to for
eisn immigration provided the lmmi-
grants came to stay and become part and
parcel OF the country Of the adoption.
He warmly enouncedimported contract
LABOR, and gave graphic picture Of the
wretchedness and filth CT the domestic
surroundings of some Hungarian miners
whose district he had visited some years
| ago